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Rey Pila is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Cure, TV on the Radio, Boys Noize, Justice and Julian Casablancas. Those roots explain a lot about how Rey Pila arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Porter, Kinky, Odisseo, Juan Son and Zoé, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Strokes and The Voidz, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Rey Pila, reaching back through The Cure and forward to The Strokes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Rey Pila is a Mexican rock band formed in Mexico City in 2010. The band consists of Diego Solórzano, Andrés Velasco and Rodrigo Blanco, though it started as Solórzano's solo project. The name "Rey Pila" is Spanish for "King Battery", a phrase Diego saw in a painting by the late graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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Rey Pila connections
Rey Pila grew out of The Cure, TV on the Radio, Boys Noize and Justice, shares an orbit with Porter, Kinky, Odisseo and Juan Son, went on to shape The Strokes and The Voidz. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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